Card-holder



J. EVANS.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1919.

1,331,251. Patented Feb. 17,1920.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EVANS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CARD-HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 1'7, 1920.

Application filed July 31, 1919. Serial No. 314,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN Evans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in card holders, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a card holder which is of simple and economical structure and which is adaptable for a number of different uses in supporting a card, namely on a shelf, on a bottle, on a table, package or window display purposes.

The invention further aims to provide a holder which can be formed of a single length of wire, the latter of course being capable of having varying diameters and cross sections, such for example, flat or round.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, shows the invention as applied to a shelf, the latter illustrated in section;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the invention applied to a bottle and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the invention applied for holding a card on a flat surface, the latter shown in cross-section.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention the holder is formed of a single length of wire of any desired diameter or cross section and. is bent to have its ends form a flat jaw 1, and an inclined jaw 2, the jaws being spaced and connected by a substantially U-shaped card gripping jaw 3, in which the card C, is engaged as shown in the drawings. The free terminal of the jaw 2, is curved and pointed at 4:, while the terminal of the jaw 1, is formed with a right angular abutment 5, connected by a V-shaped portion 6..

hen used in connection with a shelf S, the card gripping jaw 3 extends vertically across the front edge of the shelf while the jaws 1 and 2, engage on opposite sides faces of the shelf.

When used to support a card from a bottle, the pointed end 4, of aw 2,1s drlven or forced into the cork K, so that the abutment 5 rests against the bottle neck, the jaw 3 being vertically disposed.

hen the device is to be used to support a card on a table the jaw 3 is horizontally disposed with the card gripped therein, and

with the bottom edge of the card resting on the table T, and with the V-portion 6 and the terminal a resting on the table, the jaws 1 and 2 being inclined with relation to the table. I11 forming the jaw 23, the wire is bent at right angles to jaws 2 and 7, and then returned upon itself and bent outwardly to form the jaw 1.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device in its one form is adaptable for separate and distinct uses, namely as a shelf card support, a table, or other flat card support, and as a bottle card support, the three jaws all functioning though in difierent relations to the supports, 71. 6., shelf, table or bottle, according to the nature of the support itself, as is set forth in the foregoing. The parts and 6, in Fig. 1, give the jaw 1, a flat and broad seating area, so as to increase its holding engagement with the shelf.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A card support having a pair of spaced and substantially parallel jaws, one jaw having a free end pointed at its extremity so as to be capable of entering the cork of a bottle and the other aw having a lateral abutment to engage the neck of a bottle, and a card holding jaw extending across the space between thepair of jaws.

A card support having a pair of spaced and substantially parallel aws, one jaw having a free end pointed at its extremity so as to be capable of entering the cork of a bottle and the other jaw having a lateral V-portion and a lateral abutment to engage the neck of a bottle, and a card holding jaw extending across the space between the pair of jaws.

3. Acard support having a pair of spaced and substantially parallel jaws, one jaw having a free end pointed at its extremity so as to be capable of entering the cork of a bottle and the other jaw having a lateral abutment to engage the neck of a bottle, and a card holding jaw carried by the pair of jaws.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN EVANS.

Witnesses J. E. RICH, GUY L. BAKER. 

